Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dickerson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 20, 1977PublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The defendant brings this appeal under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from his convictions on indictments charging murder in the first degree, armed robbery, and unlawfully carrying a handgun on his person. He was sentenced to two concurrent life sentences to be served at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole on the murder and armed robbery convictions and to an additional concurrent sentence of two and one-half to three years on the handgun possession conviction.
The defendant raises the following issues in this appeal: (1) whether, during a voir dire hearing on the defendant’s…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Sparf v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Commonwealth v. BotelhoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. FrenchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
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3Cited by148 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BradshawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. HarringtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. FerreiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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